⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 winner - Real Madrid!

[Iranus]

Well done to Psg for securing their qualification against Barcelona.Barcelona played well and if Messi didn't lose the penalty of 1-2 things may had gone differently.I think Psg tried to play calm as they had already secured the qualification in the first leg when they won 1-4 in Camp Nou.

Barcelona played very well. Fate is not helpful so they have been defeated. PSG played defensively throughout the match. Their main goal was to draw the match. Barcelona has made a total of 21 shots, while PSG has made only 7. Ball possession Barcelona 72% and PSG is only 28%. If Barcelona can perform like this in the LA League, I think they can win the La Liga title.

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[Karartma1]

Barcelona needed a miracle to reach the next Champions League round.
PSG had to control the match and only avoid mistakes that could have given a few chances to Barça. Now the two best players in the world, Messi and Ronaldo, can watch the competition on their massive 4K Ultra TV screens. 

[ILuckyGuyI]

Well done to Psg for securing their qualification against Barcelona.Barcelona played well and if Messi didn't lose the penalty of 1-2 things may had gone differently.I think Psg tried to play calm as they had already secured the qualification in the first leg when they won 1-4 in Camp Nou.

Barcelona made a great effort but they only managed to score one goal which was really a great goal by Messi. PSG already had a 4-1 score advantage before the game and they did it 5-1 with Mbappe's penalty goal. After that, they didn't want to wear themselves out much as it was really hard for Barcelona to advance. As you said, if Messi didn't miss the penalty, maybe they could make a comeback but who knows.

[Wendigo]

Barcelona and Messi are done and dusted. They need to get fresh new talents and rebuild the squad. Not gonna miss them in the finals honestly 

[slaman29]

RIP Barca, but I'm very proud of how we went down. A little disappointed in the second half though, most of our shots and attempts came in the first half but we got so tired. If only we put one more goal in, or perhaps the penalty which was the key turning point, things would be different.

Now we turn to La Liga and Copa del Rey. GG PSG.

[Jackl87]

Both matches yesterday were not very exciting to watch sadly because it was always very clear which teams will advance. Maybe if messi would have scored that penalty near the end of the first halt it would have been a different story.
Leipzig also delivered a very disappointing performance yesterday. They are usually able to play so fast and straightforward towards the enemy goal but yesterday nothing of that was to be seen. This way liverpool, even in their current shape, had zero problems with leipzig.

[masulum]

Congratulations to Liverpool, their struggling in the EPL turned out that they were able to make my predictions wrong yesterday. I thought about Liverpool's defeat by looking at the result of the Leipzig match in the Bundesliga. However, Liverpool have proven that they deserve the title of the EPL club with the most trophy collections.

PSG was also quite a surprise by getting rid of Barcelona. Now PSG is back with the hope of playing in the UCL final or even targeting to become champions this season.

[kassex]

Messi and Ronaldo are great players. But 11 people play football. And one person cannot win the game. He needs the help of other players from the team. Yesterday Messi did everything he could. But the team could not support him. Barcelona must definitely strengthen the team. Otherwise, you can forget about winning the Champions League for the next few years.

[Bilgent]

Messi and Ronaldo are great players. But 11 people play football. And one person cannot win the game. He needs the help of other players from the team. Yesterday Messi did everything he could. But the team could not support him. Barcelona must definitely strengthen the team. Otherwise, you can forget about winning the Champions League for the next few years.

I totally agree with you on this. It is sad to see Messi's and Ronaldo's teams both got eliminated early. Messi scored a superb goal and tried his best to help his team have a chance for the quarter final. I know that he also missed a penalty in the first half but still his effort was very good. But Barcelona couldn't even score the 2nd despite being very dominant. I see no future for Messi at Barcelona to win the CL unless they create a squad with much better players. A team like Barcelona shouldn't be in such situation in an international tournament.

[snipie]

Eliminated

Juventus
Sevilla
Barcelona
Leipzig

Already 2 big teams out. The circle is closing.

Yeah It is hard to realise that Juve and Leipzig are kicked out early by Porto and Liverpool respectively. Liverpool in particular was crap from weeks, yet it won against Leipzig! Well I know you mean Barca is one of the two big teams but personally I wasn't surprised to see them out.
Next week, Real, City, Bayern and Chelsea to confirm its position and the Spanish teams will have hard moments certainly. Now switch to EL.

[AakZaki]

Yeah It is hard to realise that Juve and Leipzig are kicked out early by Porto and Liverpool respectively. Liverpool in particular was crap from weeks, yet it won against Leipzig! Well I know you mean Barca is one of the two big teams but personally I wasn't surprised to see them out.
Next week, Real, City, Bayern and Chelsea to confirm its position and the Spanish teams will have hard moments certainly. Now switch to EL.

Juventus failed again, Ronaldo's purchase project to win the UCL seemed in vain. They depend too much on Ronaldo. They won but didn't qualify. It reminds me of 2009 when Juve played Milan. At that time Sulley Muntari scored with a header but was not approved by the referee and the ball crossed the goal line. He hopes that even though the referee doesn't endorse him he hopes Bufon will be the goalkeeper for Juve, he can admit it. However, until now there has been no such acknowledgment. So that Muntari once said "as long as Bufon doesn't admit it is a goal, then Juventus will never win the Champions League." Yes, since 2009 Juve have never won the UCL, but is this because of what Sulley Muntari said? I am not sure.

[Furious 7]

Juventus failed again, Ronaldo's purchase project to win the UCL seemed in vain. They depend too much on Ronaldo. They won but didn't qualify. It reminds me of 2009 when Juve played Milan. At that time Sulley Muntari scored with a header but was not approved by the referee and the ball crossed the goal line. He hopes that even though the referee doesn't endorse him he hopes Bufon will be the goalkeeper for Juve, he can admit it. However, until now there has been no such acknowledgment. So that Muntari once said "as long as Bufon doesn't admit it is a goal, then Juventus will never win the Champions League." Yes, since 2009 Juve have never won the UCL, but is this because of what Sulley Muntari said? I am not sure.

In fact, I've heard this news before about Buffon still not admitting his mistakes, is this really a curse for Juve's words from Sulley Muntari? Because a lot of speculation says like that and only a curse that Juventus will never win the Champions League for ever. In fact, I also don't confirm it, maybe it can be just a coincidence.

We know that Ronaldo is old enough that Juve should not need to rely on Ronaldo because there are still many players who are stronger and more solitary as long as they fit the strategy in their formation.

And Andrea Pirlo has no previous UEFA match experience as a coach.

[TheGreatPython]

I don't get why people think that Barcelona has to be horrible just because they lost to PSG, I mean this is the same team that barely lost the finals last year, not like they lost to some second division team, or not even a champions league level team that is "good" they have lost to last finalists of the cup, that is really fair, you do not have to expect Barcelona to beat every single team.

It was a bad draw to get PSG this early, and that is why they waved good bye very early on but that was because they played against PSG, there are like maybe 2 or 3 teams that could easily beat Barcelona in the world, all the rest would pray for a tie against them, aside from PSG, Bayern and maybe City as well, there is nobody that could beat them. However right now is not time to let things go for Barcelona, they are very close to ATM at La Liga and could potentially get it.

[Daniel91]

Messi and Ronaldo are great players. But 11 people play football. And one person cannot win the game. He needs the help of other players from the team. Yesterday Messi did everything he could. But the team could not support him. Barcelona must definitely strengthen the team. Otherwise, you can forget about winning the Champions League for the next few years.

Exactly!
If only Barcelona's management and their coach had been smarter and kept Suarez they would now be in the Champions League quarter-finals.
Instead, they kept Dembele who would not have scored a goal last night in Paris even if the teams had played all day and night 
Meanwhile, Suarez leads Atletico to the Spanish title.

[Spack17]

I look forward to seeing the Real Madrid-Atalanta match next week. Benzema has come back from his injury and scored even a goal against Atletico.    He is very important for the team now and he will be able to play against Atalanta this time. I expect them to be more effective when it comes to scoring. Atalanta have nothing to lose, on the other hand. And they will play with all they have to eliminate Real away. I'll probably place a bet on 'both teams to score' and enjoy the game. 

[roosbit]

PSG is my favorite team now in this Champions.
IMO the winner will be one of these 3, Manchester City, PSG, and ofcourse Bayern.
oil money for the win, without respecting the rules for the win.

I like where you going with this, these are Titans of the competition and one of my FIFA favourite teams too   but only one problem are we going to have a team that has not won it before or the usual names will continue where they left from?
From the look of things, It will have to either go to Germany or Spain if you calculate the probability of each team progressing at this stage.

Btw put Liverpool on your watchlist as they are bidding to play next seasons champions league and their only ticket is winning it which will save them the embarrassment but this won't be any easy.

[abderrazak belkhir]

I look forward to seeing the Real Madrid-Atalanta match next week. Benzema has come back from his injury and scored even a goal against Atletico.    He is very important for the team now and he will be able to play against Atalanta this time. I expect them to be more effective when it comes to scoring. Atalanta have nothing to lose, on the other hand. And they will play with all they have to eliminate Real away. I'll probably place a bet on 'both teams to score' and enjoy the game.  

Atalanta is a very good team in term of scoring and i dont want to think that real madridis already qualified...2 goals is very easy for them againts any club in the world and i believe if they can score a goal in the first minutes real madrid mission will be very hard

[Expecto]

Liverpool-Leipzig match ended just as I predicted and Liverpool have advanced to the quarter final nicely. It was really interesting to see that Liverpool still were able to eliminate Leipzig despite their very poor performance in the Premier League and Leipzig's very good form in their league also. This really proves how much important being an experienced team is in a big tournament.

[Iranus]

Liverpool-Leipzig match ended just as I predicted and Liverpool have advanced to the quarter final nicely. It was really interesting to see that Liverpool still were able to eliminate Leipzig despite their very poor performance in the Premier League and Leipzig's very good form in their league also. This really proves how much important being an experienced team is in a big tournament.

Liverpool's main goal was the Champions League. Because they have not been able to perform well since the beginning of the Premier League. And Liverpool is a very experienced team. Leipzig is not as experienced as them. Everyone assumed they could defeat Leipzig. But I don't think Liverpool will be able to reach the semi-finals. My guess is that they will be eliminated later in the quarter finals.

[gabbie2010]

PSG is my favorite team now in this Champions.
IMO the winner will be one of these 3, Manchester City, PSG, and ofcourse Bayern.
oil money for the win, without respecting the rules for the win.

I like where you going with this, these are Titans of the competition and one of my FIFA favourite teams too   but only one problem are we going to have a team that has not won it before or the usual names will continue where they left from?
From the look of things, It will have to either go to Germany or Spain if you calculate the probability of each team progressing at this stage.

Btw put Liverpool on your watchlist as they are bidding to play next seasons champions league and their only ticket is winning it which will save them the embarrassment but this won't be any easy.

PSG is now becoming a force to be reckon with in UCL they came close to winning the coveted trophy but lost to Bayern Munich in a keenly contested match last season,  I am also supporting PSG to be a major contender this season going by their experience in the competition although there are good opponents that will give them a run of their money, while I wouldn't pick Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea to be threat to their aspiration Real Madrid and  Bayern are the main challenger in the competition